A LADAKH GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SHADAKSHARI AVALOKITESVARA

A LADAKH GILT-BRONZE FIGURE OF SHADAKSHARI AVALOKITESVARA
15TH/16TH CENTURY

Seated in dhyanasana on a lotus throne, his primary hands folded before the chest in namaskara mudra, his upper hands in shuni mudra, dressed in a tight dhoti, adorned with elaborate jewellery and a foliate tiara, the base plate with a visvavajra, 1.1kg, 25cm.

Provenance: from an English private collection, London, acquired prior to 2000, by repute acquired in London on 7th November 1972.

Cf. Sotheby's New York, 21st September, 1995, lot 160 for a related bronze figure.

十五/十六世紀 拉達克銅鎏金四臂觀音像
來源：英國倫敦私人收藏，於1972年11月7日購於倫敦（傳）。